Slow lorises are one of the world’s only venomous mammals. Even rarer, they use their venom on one another. By Rachel Nuwer With their bright saucer eyes, button noses and plump, fuzzy bodies ...

Wide-eyed, slow-moving and roughly the bulk of a small loaf of bread, pygmy lorises seem fairly unassuming at first glance. They spend their slow, nocturnal lives meticulously picking through the ...

Nekaris says she hopes more research will show people the slow loris is a rare and complex creature, not a cute face to domesticate. Correction (10/10/2014, 1:45pm ET) : The original story ...

However, did you know that pygmy slow lorises are the world’s only venomous primate? Special glands on the inside of their elbows produce a secretion that, when mixed with saliva, becomes toxic.

by Lionel Mauritson Cat allergy is a symptom in which the eyes become itchy or runny nose stops when touching or approaching a cat.It is said that a specific protein contained in cat dandruff or ...

The slow loris, a small primate native to Southeast Asia, may appear cuddly and cute, but it harbors a dangerous secret. This nocturnal animal has a gland in its elbow that produces a toxic secretion.

Adorable slow loris get its hair done. By Bailey Johnson. September 12, 2011 / 10:58 AM EDT / CBS News ... (CBS) - Did you know that the slow loris is poisonous? Me neither.

Slow lorises are known for their cuteness. Nocturnal primates that live in Southeast Asia, the lorises have round heads, big eyes, fuzzy fur, and—if they lick a gland under their arms and ...

Slow lorises (such as this Bengal slow loris, pictured at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity in Cambodia) produce venom in glands underneath their upper arms. Photograph by Joel ...

The slow loris monkey is one of the few venomous mammals and the only primate. Their bite can cause a range of effects, from mild to severe, while the venom can cause pain, swelling, and festering ...